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Tatuaje Frank

Kingantz

Growing too fast.
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I’d like to thank Ugaman72 for gifting me a couple of these smokes, one to give a review on and one to age. This cigar was definitely named correctly as it is quite a monster and did remind me of Frankenstein with the green label. Only thing missing was the bolts sticking out the side. It had a box pressed shape and very well constructed with a dark broadleaf wrapper that looked quite thick. From looking at the foot, the Nicaraguan binder and filler looked to have very good bunching and little give when squeezing the sides of the cigar.

I punched the rounded cap and found a perfect draw that had a sweet nutty taste. I torched the foot and volumes of smoke rolled from the burning leaves. After a couple of puffs to make sure the burn was going good, I took a draw and was hit with a huge blast of black pepper spice and a powerfull full strength smoke. I was expecting to get this at the beginning, however it still almost took my breath away. The first quarter inch was full spice and power, however in there were very good flavors of coffee and roasted nuts.

After getting past a quarter inch, I’d say the power of the smoke calmed down slightly and the spice smoothed out just enough to really start enjoying the really good flavors of coffee, worn leather, and roasted nuts. At the halfway point, the cigar wanted to go out and I found myself having to really puff to keep it burning. A thick brownish smoke poured from the ash as I puffed telling me the fire had sunk way low in the filler, and about a quarter inch of the wrapper started turning black where the fire had gone underneath. The wrapper caught up quickly and the ash started fanning out and then fell. Ah! There was the culprit! A nice little hole down through the center.

Luckily the burn straightened itself out after a bit and the cigar started smoking well again. The flavors remained consistent throughout and other than the one spot half-way, the burn was good. I ended the cigar once the fire reached the band as that was plenty enough of this smoke. It was one hour and forty-five minutes to the band. What a powerful, spicy smoke but with really good flavors. I’m betting with a few years or more downtime, these will turn out to be excellent smokes.

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Nice review Greg. I wish i could have gotten some of these at the release.
 
Very nice review! I experienced much the same. I was also taken back by that big spice punch right in the beginning.
 
Thanks for the great review Greg .... I also agree with a little time the Monster should only get better. I would say it's worth chasing one down if you can hell two of em even so you can smoke one right away :)

Joe G
 
Greg, sounds like we had the same experience with this cigar. It's definitely an "event" cigar. The last one I smoked took 2 hours. Pete told me last week that next year's Monster series smoke would be "The Drac" after Dracula. He wouldn't spill much, but they said to look for a torpedo shape. Hopefully, it will be a shorter smoke. Pete also said that the Franks were packed very wet, and should age very well.
 
Nice pictures. Thanks for the review, as always.
 
Really great review! I was given a pair of these by a generous CP brother. I am saving one for my best cigar buddy who's fighting in Iraq and one for myself when his tour is done and he can come home. They will have had a year of rest, so I am hoping these will shape up to be amazing "welcome home" sticks. :thumbs:
 
Man Im jelous. No stores around me got any of those. Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to try one of these.
 
OT post:

Kingantz I've noticed you always have really nice quality photos; I've been looking to get a new one as mine died a while ago and all I have left is my cell-cam.

May I inquire as to which you use?

Thanks!
 
Thanks for the review. I've been wondering how these smoked. I had bought a couple of these off Jon Dot but don't want to spark one up due to scarcity.
 
OT post:

Kingantz I've noticed you always have really nice quality photos; I've been looking to get a new one as mine died a while ago and all I have left is my cell-cam.

May I inquire as to which you use?

Thanks!

It's a Sony Cybershot DSC-P200
 
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